[Blindtlk] why is it important tojoinan organizationofthe blind?

[Mike Freeman]

I couldn't resist. We've all done it.

Mike Freeman


On Jan 19, 2012, at 10:08, "Gary Wunder" <GWunder at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Somebody needs to fact check before I send things. Thanks Mike. Wrong state,
> wrong inventor, wrong time period. Perhaps posting is just to advanced for
> me--or maybe it's the day.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:53 AM
> To: gwunder at earthlink.net; Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] why is it important tojoinan organizationofthe
> blind?
> 
> 1. It was Nevada. They're used to gambling. 
> 
> 2. Thomas Jefferson certainly couldn't have; Thomas Edison probably couldn't
> have. :-)
> 
> Mike Freeman
> 
> 
> On Jan 19, 2012, at 8:05, "Gary Wunder" <GWunder at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> There are many things that need to happen before blind people start
> driving
>> independently.  One of the things we have to do is change the laws and all
>> of the states to do away with the visual requirement that now exists.  We
>> then have to convince the insurance companies that we are safe to ensure.
> I
>> note that recently, I believe in the state of Montana, legislation was
>> passed authorizing the Google driverless car to operate on the streets and
>> highways of the state.  That legislation could not have been passed
> without
>> a vehicle to provide the evidence that the legislature used to decide it
> was
>> safe or at least safe enough.  I think we face the same thing with the
> blind
>> drivable vehicle.  How can any regulatory or legislative body take
> seriously
>> the question of letting a blind person drive until we have technology that
>> can give us the information we need.  How can we determine the information
>> we will need without working on the technology, seeing how it fits, and
> what
>> modifications we must make?
>> 
>> Without trying to start an argument, I'd simply like to understand how we
>> could proceed in any other sequence than we have.  Could Thomas Jefferson
>> have pressed for regulatory change seeking the replacement of gas lights
>> with electric lights before he had a working model?  
>> 
>> 
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